June 3, 2016 Tutankhamun had a dagger made of iron from meteorite Scientists say the high manufacturing quality of the blade in comparison with other simple-shaped artefacts suggests a significant mastery of iron working in the Egyptian boy king's time.
June 3, 2016 South African gold miners to appeal silicosis ruling They will dispute the country's High Court decision last month to allow a class action suit seeking damages for up to half a million miners who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis.
June 2, 2016 Nevsun shares jump on Eritrean drilling results $11 million regional drilling program defining Bisha camp in east Africa as a world-class multi-deposit volcanogenic massive sulphide district.
June 2, 2016 Iron ore price rout accelerates CHARTS: Down 26% in a month the forward curve now points to the low $30s.
June 1, 2016 Randgold’s Bristow sets off on another epic bike ride for Africa’s poor Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow is on a fund-raising motorbike safari, which will take him from east to west across mid-Africa.
May 31, 2016 The big, the deep and the just plain crazy — mining and drilling facts and feats It’s only when something crazy happens that we normal folk start to take notice, which has given mining something of a reputation with most people.
May 31, 2016 Petra Diamonds announces directorate and senior management changes Board and Senior Management changes, effective 30 June 2016
May 31, 2016 Sierra Leone grants preliminary OK to Stellar Diamonds Tongo mine The West Africa-focused firm said it was verbally informed of the approval by the country's Minerals Advisory Board.
May 29, 2016 Botswana’s first uranium mine gets environmental nod Australian company A-Cap Resources (ASX:ACB) is a step further to developing Botswana's first uranium mine, after the government approved its environmental impact statement (EIA).
May 27, 2016 Anglo American’s De Beers gets a new CEO Current strategy director Bruce Cleaver will replace Philippe Mellier, who held the position for five years.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm